Strange echoes from the other side of the World:
Baba Zula — from over the pole…
OK — Baba Zula is really not some guy’s name — it’s the name of a Turkish band — Baba Zula.
Great name, eh? It rolls right off the tongue — Baba Zula.
I discovered these guys while listening to SomaFM, I think.
Here’s their website:
Formed in Istanbul in 1996, Baba ZuLa features founding members Levent Akman (spoons, percussions, machines, toys), Murat Ertel (electric saz and other stringed instruments, vocals, oscillators, theremin), as well as darbuka and percussion player Ümit Adakale, Periklis Tsoukalas on electric ud and vocal.
I currently cannot stop listening to this song — “Abdulcanbaz” — here’s a great live version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emLWASonTxs
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I’m walking around the house chanting “Abdul — can — baz” over and over (emphasis on the “baz”).
These guys are pretty prolific — they’ve put out a shit-ton of albums — all accessible on their web page.
Their “frontman”, if you can call him that, is Murat Ertel — playing an…
